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"Aaron Doran, James Vincent and Carl Tremarco could return from injury as Inverness Caledonian Thistle add new signing Iain Vigursto the squad.

But Jordan Roberts, Josh Meekings and Richie Foran are fitness doubts" - BBC. 

I see that's Tremarco on the bench. I imagine that the game comes a little early for the other 2 mentioned but they could be available for the weekend. 

As for Vigurs, well some people will get annoyed about it but in my opinion if he gives his all and showcases his undoubted ability as often as he can then he'll do fine by me.

With him and Tansey we have great goalscoring potential from set pieces.  

Is Pogba a new nationality at the TCS?  Not quite sure where he's from in Africa though.

Is Pogba a new nationality at the TCS?  Not quite sure where he's from in Africa though.

I'm pretty sure he's French. Brother of Paul n all

0 - 0

Half Time

Looks like we have the same old problem plenty of possession but creating nothing BBC half time stats  Caley 58% possession  I attempt 1 on target  3 corners Partick 42% Possession 5 attempts 3 on target 1 corner.

I get the feeling that this is going to finish in a bad way for us unless we do something with our possession we simply have to get some attempts at goal

Is Pogba a new nationality at the TCS?  Not quite sure where he's from in Africa though.

I'm pretty sure he's French. Brother of Paul n all

Conakry, Guinea

BBC Sport showing 1st half stats as ICT 58% possession but we have only 1 shot to Patrick's 5 - ah well 5 NPL points in the bag for a 0-0 so not all bad... 

Tonight's attendance at TCS is 3141 - and PT have hit the woodwork with Williams touching a Lawless drive onto the crossbar...

Well it took Vigurs 45secs to get his name in the book

 

Vigurs on as a sub and it takes him 2 minutes to get a yellow card! Great commitment or pure rashness? Hopefully someone who was at the match can let us know later on..

Vigurs with right footed shot on target

 

Vigurs had been a breath of fresh air since he has come on, he has a solid passing range and is looking like a cracking player 

Will be interesting to here from those at the Game but since Vigurs came on we have had more shots at goal and on target

 

Crowd 3141

We've had a few near misses - only following text feed on BBC site but it sounds promising with us pushing hard and Vigurs has had an effort from a free kick saved...if he keeps this up it sounds like just the lift we need to make more impact up front.

0 - 0 Full Time

Another draw, another game with no goals, slow start

Celtic can only draw at Kilmarnock 2-2

Hughes and Vigurs out

It would be fair to say Vigurs looked quite lively when he came on. At least he knows where the goal is and is not scared to shoot.

Full Time 0-0 well I suppose that's a point more than we took off of them last year

BBC Stats Possession Caley 55%  5 Shots 3 on target 3 corners Partick 45% 7 shots 4 on target  definitely need a striker by the looks of it

Final stats show we had 5 shots to Patrick's 7 and we had 3 on target. Ok we still haven't won but sounds like it was a promising 2nd half after Vigurs came on and we're getting there - Celtic Park will be a great place to open our account...

Edited August 12, 201510 yr by CaleyCanary

Five competitive games, the majority of possession in all five, one single goal.

Not a single experienced forward on the books, not a single out and out striker recruited over the Summer. I know funds are tight but apparently we have emergency funds, the requirement for at least one player capable of putting the ball in the net on a regular basis is surely an emergency......

Is Pogba a new nationality at the TCS?  Not quite sure where he's from in Africa though.

I'm pretty sure he's French. Brother of Paul n all

Conakry, Guinea

Bobo Balde has already ticked the box for Guinea!

5 games for Lopez and 0 goals scored. Mutombo looked livelier in 30 minutes upfront than Lopez has looked all season. Is Lopez really good enough? Or Is it too early to tell? Surely mutombo needs a start upfront?

 

Is Pogba a new nationality at the TCS?  Not quite sure where he's from in Africa though.

I'm pretty sure he's French. Brother of Paul n all

They are all from Africa, Paul just chose to play for France because he's good! I think The Partick Pogba has played for his country and has a twin brother who has also played for his country and plays in France just now.

Is Pogba a new nationality at the TCS?  Not quite sure where he's from in Africa though.

I'm pretty sure he's French. Brother of Paul n all

They are all from Africa, Paul just chose to play for France because he's good! I think The Partick Pogba has played for his country and has a twin brother who has also played for his country and plays in France just now.

Paul Pogba was born in France and plays for the French national team, whereas the other two older brothers were born in Guinea and both play for the Guinea national team. 

Positives - Top class performance from the full backs. Williams looks every bit as good as Shinnie.

- Owain Fon Williams was terrific again.

- Polworth and Horner put in a great shift.

- Vigurs looks promising.

Hard to be too negative with a clean sheet and a point against a bogey team. We certainly rode our luck at the back at times but got away with it.

The big downer has to be the lack of action in the final third for the first 85 minutes. Christie had an off night. Mutombo showed some decent touches, but no end product. Lopez looked isolated, and bereft of confidence.   

The bottom line is, we've scored 1 goal in 7 and a half hours of football. Not good enough.